With Rick Wise getting credit for his third victory of the year over his former teammates, the Indians beat the Red Sox, 5-1. The score was 1-1 in the seventh inning when the Tribe went ahead on a single by Buddy Bell, a sacrifice and a double by Ted Cox. Andre Thornton hit a solo homer in the eighth and the Indians added a pair in the ninth on singles by Bo Diaz and Rick Manning, an error by third baseman Butch Hobson and a single by Johnny Grubb. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 5, Boston Red Sox 1

Game Played on Wednesday, August 9, 1978 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Indians 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 - 5 10 1 Red Sox 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 2 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manning cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .265 Burleson ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .254 Veryzer ss 5 1 2 0 0 0 .289 Remy 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Grubb lf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .273 Rice lf 3 0 2 1 0 1 .314 Thornton 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .272 Yastrzemski dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .298 Alexander dh 3 0 2 1 1 1 .236 Fisk c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .297 Bell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .301 Lynn cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .308 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Evans rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .273 Cox rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .230 Scott 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .230 Speed rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Hancock pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Diaz c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .232 Kendall 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hobson 3b 2 1 1 0 1 0 .243 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Drago p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 37 5 10 4 2 2 Totals 29 1 6 1 4 5 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 33,285 Left on Base: Indians 8, Red Sox 6 DP: Indians 2, Red Sox 0 Errors: Diaz, Burleson, Hobson Doubles: Alexander (15), Cox (5), Hobson (9) Home Runs: Thornton (22) Stolen Bases: Remy (19), Rice (5) Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (12) Sacrifice Flies: Rice (4) GIDP: Evans (13), Yastrzemski (8) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise W(9-14) 6.2 4 1 1 4 3 0 27 3.47 Kern SV(9) 2.1 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 3.07 Totals 9 6 1 1 4 5 0 34 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lee L(10-8) 8.2 10 5 3 2 2 1 39 3.38 Drago 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.52 Totals 9 10 5 3 2 2 1 40 Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Don Denkinger INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer flied out to center; Grubb flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Burleson flied out to center; Remy singled to right; Remy stole second; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 2ND: Thornton flied out to left; Alexander struck out; Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Lynn grounded out (shortstop to first); Evans grounded out (third to first); Scott struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper flied out to right; Cox reached on an error by Burleson; Diaz grounded out (second to first) [Cox to second]; Manning grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Hobson doubled to right; Burleson singled to right [Hobson to third, Burleson to second (on throw to home)]; Remy flied out to center; Rice lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [Hobson scored, Burleson to third]; Yastrzemski grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 4TH: Veryzer singled to right; Grubb lined to shortstop; Thornton made an out to first; Alexander walked [Veryzer to second]; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 4TH: Fisk walked; Lynn forced Fisk (second to shortstop); Evans grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lynn out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); Diaz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 5TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Hobson lined to second; Burleson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 6TH: Manning popped to third in foul territory; Veryzer singled to center; Grubb walked [Veryzer to second]; Thornton lined to left; Alexander doubled to left [Veryzer scored, Grubb out at home (left to shortstop to catcher)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 6TH: Remy grounded out (second to pitcher); Rice singled to left; Yastrzemski flied out to right; Rice stole second [Rice to third (error by Diaz)]; Fisk flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 7TH: Bell singled to left; Kuiper out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Bell to second]; Cox doubled to left [Bell scored]; Diaz flied out to center [Cox to third]; Manning grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 7TH: SPEED REPLACED COX (PLAYING RF); Lynn was called out on strikes; Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Scott walked; HANCOCK RAN FOR SCOTT; Hobson walked [Hancock to second]; KERN REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Burleson singled to center [Hancock to third, Hobson out at second (center to second)]; Buth Hobson rounded 2B too far, tagged out before Gerry Hancock scored; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 8TH: KENDALL REPLACED HANCOCK (PLAYING 1B); Veryzer lined to center; On a bunt Grubb made an out to pitcher; Thornton homered; Alexander singled to third; Bell forced Alexander (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 8TH: Remy flied out to left; Rice singled to right; Yastrzemski grounded into a double play (second to first) [Rice out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 9TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Speed grounded out (shortstop to first); Diaz singled to center; Manning singled to center [Diaz to third]; Veryzer reached on an error by Hobson [Diaz scored (unearned) (no RBI), Manning to second]; Grubb singled to center [Manning scored (unearned), Veryzer to third]; DRAGO REPLACED LEE (PITCHING); Thornton flied out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 9TH: Fisk was called out on strikes; Lynn flied out to center; Evans struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Red Sox 1.

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